A Ⅲ-Ⅴ-on-Si ultra-dense comb laser

Zhechao Wang; Kasper Van Gasse; Valentina Moskalenko; Sylwester Latkowski; Erwin Bente; Bart Kuyken; Gunther Roelkens

doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.260

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A Ⅲ-Ⅴ-on-Si ultra-dense comb laser

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- A Ⅲ-Ⅴ-on-Si ultra-dense comb laser
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 6, Issue 2, (2017)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Information Technology (INTEC), Photonics Research Group, Ghent University-IMEC, Gent 9052, Belgium
  2.Center for Nano- and Biophotonics, Ghent University, Gent 9052, Belgium
  3.Electrical Engineering Department, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600, Netherlands
- Author bio：
  
  Z Wang, Email: Zhechao.Wang@intec.ugent.be
  G Roelkens, Email: gunther.roelkens@intec.ugent.be
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2016.260
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- Published：2017-06，
  
  Published Online：03 December 2016，
  
  Received：08 August 2016，
  
  Revised：25 November 2016，
  
  Accepted：27 November 2016
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Wang, Z. C. et al. A Ⅲ-Ⅴ-on-Si ultra-dense comb laser. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e16260 (2017).
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Wang, Z. C. et al. A Ⅲ-Ⅴ-on-Si ultra-dense comb laser. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e16260 (2017). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2016.260.

摘要

Abstract

Optical frequency combs emerge as a promising technology that enables highly sensitive

near-real-time spectroscopy with a high resolution. The currently available comb generators are mostly based on bulky and high-cost femtosecond lasers for dense comb generation (line spacing in the range of 100 MHz to 1 GHz). However

their integrated and low-cost counterparts

which are integrated semiconductor mode-locked lasers

are limited by their large comb spacing

small number of lines and broad optical linewidth. In this study

we report a demonstration of a Ⅲ-Ⅴ-on-Si comb laser that can function as a compact

low-cost frequency comb generator after frequency stabilization. The use of low-loss passive silicon waveguides enables the integration of a long laser cavity

which enables the laser to be locked in the passive mode at a record-low 1 GHz repetition rate. The 12-nm 10-dB output optical spectrum and the notably small optical mode spacing results in a dense optical comb that consists of over 1400 equally spaced optical lines. The sub-kHz 10-dB radio frequency linewidth and the narrow longitudinal mode linewidth (< 400 kHz) indicate notably stable mode-locking. Such integrated dense comb lasers are very promising

for example

for high-resolution and real-time spectroscopy applications.

关键词

Keywords

mode-locked lasersnear-infrared spectroscopyoptical frequency combsemiconductor laserssilicon photonics

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